Inspectors Say You're Getting Your Money's Worth at the Pump and Check Out

Submitted: 03/09/2013

Madison - The state agency responsible for monitoring the accuracy of gas pumps, price scanners, retail scales and package weights says Wisconsinites are generally getting their money's worth. The weights and measures team in the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has finished compiling data from last year. The team conducted nearly 230,000 inspections at about 7,000 business locations in 2012. The team found that nearly 98 percent of about 32,000 gas pumps inspected were accurate. More than 35,000 price scanners were checked and found to be accurate 97.5 percent of the time. Of more than 8,000 retail scales, about 96 percent were accurate Inspectors checked the weight of more than 152,000 packages and found 97 percent were accurate.